wah u all clean ur fans wan ah, i tak pernah clean. haha later gonna see how dirty it has become, if it has.

Clean it often so that the dust wont reduce the air flow rate into the casing... haha.... taking care the pc is juz like how u take care ur pet...

Finally I got for myself CM690. This is the first time I buy a branded casing.

The box is very huge. Almost cannot put in my kenari boot space. Will update with some picture soon.

casing where got put in boot 1??? put at passenger seat lo... haha.... gogo.. waiting ur picture to be posted

My stacker with its box ngam ngam fit in the boot of kembara...

Bcoz I have passenger, so have to put in boot.

Ok as promised;

Comparison of size (Old casing, CM690, The box)

See the difference between CM690 and the box. This is only mid-tower casing, what if the full tower casing?

Before n After

Very bad cable management. Because the PSU is placed at the bottom, I have problem to hide the cable. See my 4-pin ATX12V crossing the mobo, this is because the cable is too short. Also I have problem to hide IDE cable bcoz my Abit AB9 Pro placed the IDE connector at bottom-middle of the board.


Not nice.


I installed 1 X 12mm fan at the top and 1 X 8mm fan in front.

Pros:
This casing is much more cooler than my last casing. My system temperature drops 5°C but Processor temperature only drops 2°C (use stock fan as you see in the picture). Need to installed one more 8mm fan at the backside of mobo.
External I/O place at the top, very convenience for me because I put the casing under my table. So, easier to access.

Cons:
This casing is very heavy after all the installation. May be >10kg.
Side panel hard to open (first time) and close. Have to be careful when closing the panel, bcoz the front panel might be push out by the side panel.

Overall, I'm very happy with this casing. As I said, this is the first branded casing I have.
The only problem I have during the installation is the Power LED connector. As, my mobo's Power LED separate the (+) Pin and (-) Pin with 1 empty slot at the middle ( [+][ ][-] ), I can't connect my CM690 Power LED to the mobo because CM690 connector have twin connector ( [+][-] ). Is there any converter in the market?

Comparison Old n New:


Need to work with the cable management.

This post has been edited by qwerty79: Oct 31 2007, 03:13 PM

i think u can try search at lowyat... there should be this kind of cable....

How about the power cable, I think I need to extend the cable so I can hide them behind the board.

when CM design the psu to be at the bottom, CM should have also make the casing BTX style. this error is first done in CM centurion 540 and 541. luckily, it's only a matx casing. but with ATX CM690 casing, wiring becomes a big issue.
i wonder how much ianho will charge if it go for a BTX mod.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Oct 31 2007, 06:35 PM

Took 2 and a half hours to do maintainence on my lovely baby
Clean the fans, filters and the case. After tat reorder the fans and the ROMs. Also rearrange back those cacing.



Below's pictures show some comparison.

1st Generation...


2nd Generation...


3rd Generation...


And the lastest 4th Generation...

very nice cable management there man! thumbs up

yea... they shouuld go for BTX instead for a better cable management....

thx lo bro...

lazy to change to BTX ~.~

After some cable management.



Still no bling-bling.
The power cable still my worst problem.

haha.. i also facing the power cable problem... unsolve... hehe... so juz let it be lo.. no choice de... unless got budget change high end PSU... might solve it...

True true..mayb corsair modular or mushkin modular might do the trick.

but those PSU r not cheap =).... hehee.....

zzloo u've got 3 fans at the side panel,that's a lot lol..seldom see that much of fans on a side panel..is it 3 or 4 btw?

zzloo want to ask u sumthing... the Blue LED fan u mounted for intake near the HDD area izzit a Zalman Fan??? how it perform???

for the sake of one cable u guys wanna spend sop much money on a PSU???

y not just DIY an extention??? can go to jalan pasar and buy the parts needed to do it ma.

worst comes to worst.... cut the existing wires and solder on new wires to extend the cables... this should be alright if ur using chapalang PSUs or if ur warranty for the PSU is over